Re: psql with "Function Type" in \df

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql with "Function Type" in \df
Date: 2009-04-14 02:09:24
Message-ID: 20090414020924.GL16310@fetter.org
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On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 07:24:31PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> writes:
> > Here's a patch that adds a "Function Type" column to \df while
> > removing the now-redundant \da.
>
> Removing \da altogether was nowhere in the consensus, or even in the
> discussion AFAIR.

It's back.

> Also, what is the point of using single-letter type codes when
> you've made the column header about as verbose as it could get? I'd
> go for something like
>
> Type
>
> window
> agg
> trigger
> normal
>
> Or we could spell out "aggregate", but that makes the column a
> couple of characters wider ...

Done.

I've also added \df[antw], which lets people narrow their search.

Cheers,
David.
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